After marching forward for two hours, several local Zhenla people who accompanied the army ran over, pointing ahead and speaking in the language of chirping.

After hearing the words of these people, they hurriedly came to Yue Fei to report: "Marshal, they said that through the woods in front, you can see the big city where Marato lives. ”

Yue Fei looked at the still dense rainforest in front of him, and ordered: "First withdraw the elephant herd that opened the way ahead, their movement is too big, we must move forward in this forest secretly, and let the soldiers open the way as quietly as possible." ”

Thousands of war elephants remained in place, this time cleared by former military machetes, while other soldiers followed the paths carved out into the jungle.

Compared to other boundless tropical jungles, this forest is not very large, which has a lot to do with the proximity to the town.

In the evening, the grass and trees in front of him finally became a little thinner, Yue Fei picked up the military binoculars carefully made by the Imperial Arsenal and looked at the town in front of him.

Originally, when Yue Fei heard that Marato and his army were cowering in a big city on weekdays, he was really a little worried, after all, this humid and muddy environment made it impossible for the Seventh Army to carry heavy artillery at all.

When he saw that city with his own eyes, Yue Fei couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

It is a town built mainly of wood, covering a large area, with some small wooden two-story buildings inside, and some reclaimed farmland outside the city.

Perhaps he never thought that anyone would dare to attack him, so the only precaution in this town is a three-meter-high wooden fence outside, and there are lookout towers every ten meters or so.

Obviously, the Zhenla people who sent the information didn't know the meaning of the big city, and such a wooden town was honestly not as strong as the villages in the border area of the empire.

When Marato and Godanway returned to the Chenla Empire, they were reprimanded by the crown prince and the ministers, so they did not stop doing anything, killed all the opponents, plundered the nobles and people in Angkor, the capital of the Chenla Empire, and finally burned down the real city.

It was very difficult to build a city in Indochina, and a reckless man like Marato did not have that kind of ambition, so he built such a wooden town as his lair.

After observing this town, Yue Fei's heart was already half relieved, and he immediately ordered his soldiers to eat and rest to relieve the fatigue of hurrying, and the whole army would launch a surprise attack tonight.

At this time, it is natural that you can't light a fire and bury the pot to make rice, but this is not difficult for the soldiers of the empire, they all carry rice crackers and various canned meat provided by the logistics department, even if they are eaten cold, the taste is not bad.

Yue Fei called the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the Seventh Legion, although this young man had just joined when the legion was created, his background was extraordinary.

This person was originally a member of the Ming Sect, the eldest son of Wang Yin, the head of the Eight Heavenly Kings, called Wang Ping.

The news of the empire's recruitment this time spread to the whole country, and the Mingjiao masters who lived in Jiaozhi Province with Fang La, they really couldn't wipe their faces, but they all let their respective heirs join the army.

For the future development of the empire, Fang La and the others also understood that the country would become stronger and stronger.

After all, these Mingjiao people were all chaotic parties back then, and they had boundless sins, although Emperor Li Nan gave them a way to live, but if they continue like this, this kind of discrimination will never disappear.

Fang La, Wang Yin and others set off a bloody storm when they were young, and after all these years of surrender, they are now old, their ambitions have long been turned into nothingness, and they have no regrets in this life.

When people get old, they will think about their children and grandchildren, and these people are no exception, Fang La and others can't change the empire's impression of themselves, so this time let their own heirs join the army to fight for a future, which may also be the only choice.

Other soldiers are all children of ordinary families, and people like Wang Ping, who have been practicing martial arts since childhood, naturally emerged soon after joining the army, with outstanding marksmanship, and he was appointed by Yue Fei as the camp tent of the reconnaissance battalion after his excellent performance.

Yue Fei pointed to the watchtowers built from ancient trees in the distant walled city, and ordered, "Wang Ping, the sentries on there are all handed over to you!" ”

"Yes! Rest assured, the last general will definitely not let anyone issue a warning signal! Wang Ping replied confidently.

"Good! The army is attacking, you still have a few hours to pull out these nails, hurry up, don't let me down. ”

Just as Yue Fei's army was resting in the forest, in the largest wooden building in the town, Marato, surrounded by a bunch of women, was also looking at the rainforest in the distance with a wine glass in his hand.

Although Marato is not a hero, he is not a fool, and his army has fought several battles with the Imperial Army before, so he has long known that the Chinese Empire is going to attack him.

In fact, Marato knew that neither he nor Godanway were opponents of the Imperial Army, but if he gave up his power to submit to the Empire, he was really reluctant.

With the idea of living one day at a time, Marato can only order his army to be more vigilant, and he is also drinking and playing with women like crazy every day, after all, no one knows how long this life can last.

As the sky grew darker, and torches and bonfires were lit in the wooden city, Maratto let go of his worries, drank and had fun with the generals, and when they arose, he made love to the women around him.

It was late at night, and when Marato and the others were half-drunk and exercising on the woman, a series of loud noises came, and the generals looked at the place with drunken eyes, and found that the city had been blown out of several gaps, and several waves of imperial soldiers in green uniforms poured in.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Army is here! The Imperial Army is coming! The general of Zhenla, who was so shocked that he came to his senses, shouted at Marato in a panic.

"Surrender and don't kill, the empire treats prisoners preferentially!"

Hearing the words shouted by the imperial soldiers, Marato pulled out his long knife and roared: "Zhenla people swear not to surrender, give it to me!" ”

Under the command of Marato and other generals, the chaotic Chenla soldiers regrouped and began to counterattack the Imperial army.

Seeing that the enemy had no intention of surrendering, Yue Fei put down the telescope in his hand and shouted coldly: "Attack!" ”

Battles broke out in an instant.

In this treeless town, the Imperial Army's muskets once again exerted their formidable power, and the soldiers who rushed into the city poured countless ammunition into the Jinla camp in an instant.

Facing the Imperial Army face to face again, Marato was horrified to find that the muskets in the hands of the Imperial Army were more powerful than he had imagined.

At a distance of 100 meters, the arrows fired by the Imperial Army could easily shred the planks of wooden houses and shoot at the bodies of their soldiers, and even more terrifyingly, the grenades that could be thrown, weapons that ignored obstacles and shields, and could kill several of their own soldiers with each explosion.

This is an unusually tragic battle, the Zhenla soldiers who lack long-range attack capabilities, if they want to kill the enemy, they can only choose to charge, and they are facing a rain of bullets, so in less than half an hour, more than half of Marato's Zhenla soldiers have been killed and wounded.

There will inevitably be casualties in the battle, but Marato sadly found that the casualties of the Imperial army were not many at all, and in short, this was a massacre of the Imperial army against his own side.

There weren't many countries around the Chenla Empire, and the Bagan Kingdom in the northwest wasn't strong, so Marato's army was like a monkey in a forest, and he didn't know what was going on outside.

In the face of an unmatchable opponent, normal people have only two options, one is to run away, and the other is to give in.

More than half of the Zhenla soldiers who were killed and wounded, the fighting spirit slowly dissipated, and after hearing the words of "surrender without killing" shouted by the imperial army, more and more Zhenla people chose to surrender on their knees.

Of the 50,000 imperial troops, only more than 10,000 actually rushed into the town, but these people crushed Marato's more than 30,000 troops head-on, and as for the generals and soldiers of Zhenla who fled from the city, they could not escape the encirclement of the imperial army.

Due to the outstanding performance of the reconnaissance battalion in this battle, the Zhenla people did not have any preparations before the imperial army broke through the wall, and even the powerful war elephant army of Zhenla was not dispatched, so they were defeated extremely quickly and miserably.

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